Malnutrition is associated with half of all deaths in children under the age of five. Considering the need, why are donors and ministries of health not enthusiastically supporting newer, more ambitious objectives for tackling mortality/morbidity?
This interactive symposium aims to stimulate debate on how to best address acute malnutrition in young children.
Speakers will:
- Assess the science behind new strategies that seek to deliver the full spectrum of nutrients to children most at-risk;
- Review the use of therapeutic ready-to-use food (RUF) in African countries: case studies from Ethiopia and Niger;
- Examine the implications of new evidence in supplemental feeding targeting under threes;
- Discuss right to Food Movement and RUF in Asia. Examine the controversies and challenges to finding common ground.
Confirmed speakers include: Prof. Michael Golden, Dr. Isabelle Defourny, Prof. Mark Manary, Prof. Kathryn Dewey, Ms Leena Menghaney, Dr. Carlos Navarro Colorado, Dr. Martin Bloem, Prof. Tsinuel Girma.
FROM THE EVENT Malnutrition is associated with half of all deaths in children under the age of five. Yet despite the urgent need, leadership in supporting newer, more ambitious strategies and objectives has been sorely lacking. MSF therefore took the opportunity to bring together a number key players in the nutrition community ahead of the UN Standing Committee on Nutrition in Hanoi, Vietnam in March of this year. The aim was to stimulate the debate on how best to address acute malnutrition in young children. Below is a summary of each session, along with the speaker’s presentation: I. Therapeutic ready-to-use food in African countries: recent experiences and innovations
» No Double Standard: Dr. Martin Bloem, World Food Programme
» Recipes Matter: the Devil is in the Detail: Professor Michael Golden, University of Aberdeen
» Using Nutritional Science to Save More Children’s Lives in Areas with Pervasive Undernutrition: Professor Tsinuel Girma, Jimma University, Ethiopia
» From Treatment to Prevention of Severe Acute Malnutrition - Use of RUTF in Maradi, Niger: Dr. Isabelle Defourny, MSF, France II. Supplemental feeding targeting children under the age of three
» Current Practice in the Treatment of Moderate Malnutrition in Emergencies: Dr. Carlos Navarro, Consultant, France
» How the World Food Program is Modifiying their Strategies: Dr. Saskia de Pee, Nutritionist, WFP
» Design and Evaluation of a Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplement to Enrich Local Complementary Foods: Professor Kay Dewey, University of California-Davis III. Asian Strategies to reduce malnutrition
» New Strategies and Practice on Programmes to Address Malnutrition in Vietnam: Dr. Khan, National Institute of Nutrition in Vietnam
» India and Acute Malnutrition in Children: Dr. Veena Shatrugna, National Institute of Nutrition in India
» Solutions Promoted by the Right to Food Movement: Dipa Sinha, Right to Food Movement, India
Speakers will:
- Assess the science behind new strategies that seek to deliver the full spectrum of nutrients to children most at-risk;
- Review the use of therapeutic ready-to-use food (RUF) in African countries: case studies from Ethiopia and Niger;
- Examine the implications of new evidence in supplemental feeding targeting under threes;
- Discuss right to Food Movement and RUF in Asia. Examine the controversies and challenges to finding common ground.
Confirmed speakers include: Prof. Michael Golden, Dr. Isabelle Defourny, Prof. Mark Manary, Prof. Kathryn Dewey, Ms Leena Menghaney, Dr. Carlos Navarro Colorado, Dr. Martin Bloem, Prof. Tsinuel Girma.
FROM THE EVENT Malnutrition is associated with half of all deaths in children under the age of five. Yet despite the urgent need, leadership in supporting newer, more ambitious strategies and objectives has been sorely lacking. MSF therefore took the opportunity to bring together a number key players in the nutrition community ahead of the UN Standing Committee on Nutrition in Hanoi, Vietnam in March of this year. The aim was to stimulate the debate on how best to address acute malnutrition in young children. Below is a summary of each session, along with the speaker’s presentation: I. Therapeutic ready-to-use food in African countries: recent experiences and innovations
» No Double Standard: Dr. Martin Bloem, World Food Programme
» Recipes Matter: the Devil is in the Detail: Professor Michael Golden, University of Aberdeen
» Using Nutritional Science to Save More Children’s Lives in Areas with Pervasive Undernutrition: Professor Tsinuel Girma, Jimma University, Ethiopia
» From Treatment to Prevention of Severe Acute Malnutrition - Use of RUTF in Maradi, Niger: Dr. Isabelle Defourny, MSF, France II. Supplemental feeding targeting children under the age of three
» Current Practice in the Treatment of Moderate Malnutrition in Emergencies: Dr. Carlos Navarro, Consultant, France
» How the World Food Program is Modifiying their Strategies: Dr. Saskia de Pee, Nutritionist, WFP
» Design and Evaluation of a Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplement to Enrich Local Complementary Foods: Professor Kay Dewey, University of California-Davis III. Asian Strategies to reduce malnutrition
» New Strategies and Practice on Programmes to Address Malnutrition in Vietnam: Dr. Khan, National Institute of Nutrition in Vietnam
» India and Acute Malnutrition in Children: Dr. Veena Shatrugna, National Institute of Nutrition in India
» Solutions Promoted by the Right to Food Movement: Dipa Sinha, Right to Food Movement, India